History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Gunston Hall |
Namesake | Gunston Hall |
Builder | Moore Dry Dock Company |
Launched | 1 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1943 |
Decommissioned | 7 July 1947 |
Recommissioned | 5 March 1949 |
Decommissioned | May 1970 |
Stricken | May 1970 |
Fate | Sold to Argentina, 1970 |
Argentina | |
Name | ARA Cándido de Lasala (Q-43) |
Decommissioned | 1981 |
Fate | Sold for scrap |
General characteristics | |
Displacement |
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Length | 457 ft 9 in (139.5 m) overall |
Beam | 72 ft 2 in (22.0 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Skinner Uniflow Reciprocating Steam Engines, 2 propeller shafts - each shaft 3,700 hp, at 240 rpm total shaft horse power 7,400, 2 11 ft 9 in diameter, 9 ft 9 in pitch propellers |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
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Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | 22 officers, 218 men |
Complement | 23 officers, 267 men |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | modified to accommodate helicopters on an added portable deck |
USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) was an Ashland-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy, named in honor of Gunston Hall, the estate of George Mason (1725–1792), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Originally designated APM-5, Gunston Hall was launched 1 May 1943 by the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California, sponsored by Mrs. Harvey S. Haislip; and commissioned 10 November 1943.
Gunston Hall earned nine battle stars for World War II service and another nine battle stars during the Korean War. Sold to Argentina in 1970 and renamed ARA Cándido de Lasala (Q-43). Served in Argentine Navy. In 1981 she was decommissioned and struck.